Los Angeles allows visitors to glimpse millions of years of geologic history. At the La Brea Tar Pits you can see residue of the days when dinosaurs walked the Earth, and the tar is still oozing in some places.

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Los Angeles is the largest city in California and is located in the southern part of the state on the Pacific Ocean. Las Vegas lies 231 miles/372 kilometres to the east, Phoenix is 366 miles/589 kilometres southeast, and San Diego is 116 miles/187 kilometres south.